POEMS

God’s Gift
By John P. Read

Love is like a river,

A never-ending stream.
Love is shared by each other
To answer someone's dream.

It's a never-ending story,

Love is not a lie.
You can share in all its glory,
For love will never die.

Love is all around you,

The moon and stars above.
Love is a gift from God,
And God is a gift of love.

Love Shine
By Joanna Fuchs

Day, noon, and night,

I’m thinking of you.
You’re deep in my heart
Whatever I do.

Oh, Love of My Life,

I’m so glad you’re mine.
 I want you forever;
You make my life shine.

How Do I Love Thee?

By Elizabeth Barrett Browning

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways.

I love thee to the depth and breadth and height
My soul can reach, when feeling out of sight
For the ends of being and ideal grace.
I love thee to the level of every day's
Most quiet need, by sun and candle light.

I love thee freely, as men strive for right.

I love thee purely, as they turn from praise.
I love thee with the passion put to use
In my old griefs, and with my childhood's faith.
I love thee with a love I seemed to lose
With my lost saints. I love thee with the breath,
Smiles, tears, of all my life; and, if God choose,
I shall but love thee better after death.

A Red, Red Rose

By Robert Burns

O my Love is like a red, red rose

That’s newly sprung in June;
O my Love is like the melody
That’s sweetly played in tune.

So fair art thou, my bonnie lass,

So deep in love am I;
And I will love thee still, my dear,
Till a’ the seas gang dry.
 Till a’ the seas gang dry, my dear,
And the rocks melt wi’ the sun;
I will love thee still, my dear,
While the sands o’ life shall run.

And fare thee weel, my only love!

And fare thee weel awhile!
And I will come again, my love,
Though it were ten thousand miles.

Yours
By Daniel Hoffman

I am yours as the summer air at evening is

Possessed by the scent of linden blossoms,

As the snowcap gleams with light

Lent it by the brimming moon.

Without you I'd be an unleafed tree

Blasted in a bleakness with no Spring.

Your love is the weather of my being.

What is an island without the sea?
QUOTES
“I saw that you were perfect, and so I loved you.

Then I saw that you were not perfect,

and I loved you even more.”

– Angelita Lim

“If I know what love is, it is because of you.”

– Hermann Hesse

“Love is like the wind, you can’t

see it but you can feel it.”

– Nicholas Sparks

“It is better to be hated for what you are

than to be loved for what you are not.”

– Andre Gide
 ” Love is always patient and kind.

It is never jealous. Love is never boastful or conceited.

It is never rude or selfish. It does not take offense and is not resentful.

Love takes no pleasure in other people’s sins but delights in the truth.

It is always ready to excuse, to trust, to hope, and to endure whatever comes.”

– 1 Corinthians 13:4-7